Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (May 02 - May 04)

Toronto Festivals & Events for This Weekend (May 02 - May 04)

Hey, Torontonians!

Can you believe it’s already May? The weather’s warming up, the days are getting longer, and cherry blossoms are starting to bloom soon, finally feels like spring! Got any fun plans? Maybe a little day trip, park hang, or just soaking up the sun? We’re definitely ready to get outside and enjoy it all.

Anyway, checkout what you can do this Friday (5/2) to Sunday (5/4) below! Hope you have a great weekend❣️ Missed out? Catch up with our previous newsletter here.

Friday 05/02

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Innisfree Matcha Mart @ Wellington Square - The Well (Free)
MASTERCLASS Tinspirations A Guided Tour of Portuguese Tinned Seafood by Carole Nelson Brown @ Centre for Social Innovation Spadina

🎵 Music
416 Entertainment Presents: Bandanna$aint, SP1D3R, Ohbrreezy And More! @ Primal Note Studios
Amanda Martinez Live @ Art Gallery of Ontario
Che Aimee Dorval and Orchidae @ The Baby G
Concerti Virtuosi: Vivaldi & Telemann @ Trinity- St. Paul's United Church
Friday Night Country Blues & Swing Folk with Bosko Baker at DROM Taberna @ Drom Taberna
MAKEWAY 2025 @ St. George's Grange Park
NEW ORDER Fest 2025 - ALL New Order ALL Night - Friday May 2 - WIN Low-Life Box Set @ Ground Control
Ryan Maguire Band with Tara Van Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
Wax Candy Friday Night Disco! @ The Piston

🎉 Entertainment
a night with DiCK Diamonds DTM Nour and NostraBrammus @ Wiggle Room
Best Damn Standup Comedy Show @ Social Capital Theatre
Detour: Possession @ Fox Theatre
Killer B Cinema Presents: Teenagers From Outer Space! @ See-Scape
Stavros Halkias: The Dreamboat Tour @ Meridian Hall
Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar @ Theatre Passe Muraille

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
A Starry Paint Night Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Fire & Frost: Prometheus, Pandora, and the Birth of Humankind @ The Creative School Chrysalis
IDLE By The Wandering Wit @ The Combine
Mayworks Festival: Who's Afraid of Labour Justice Panel & Performance @ United Steelworkers Hall
Step Into My Shoes - An Exhibition @ Clark Centre for the Arts

🎡 Family
Toronto Coin Expo - Canada's Coin Show @ Toronto Public Library - Toronto Reference Library
Toronto International Storytelling Festival @ Multiple Venues (Free)

Saturday 05/03

🍽️ Food and Drinks
FREE COFFEE TASTING PARTY Single Estate Coffees & Dessert PairingThe Art of Agriculture @ 183 Queen St East (Free)
Spring Market Sip n Shop @ Kimpton Saint George Hotel
SUPPER CLUB India in Season @ Centre for Social Innovation Spadina

🎵 Music
60s Soul Dance Party - With It! @ The Piston
CARNIVAL at Wiggle Room @ Wiggle Room
Chad from The Big Lonesome with Modern Trauma Tour @ The Painted Lady
Jazz & Reflection with the Rebecca Hennessy Trio @ Beach United Church
K-NIGHTS PRESENTS ALL STARS - POP & K-POP DANCE PARTY @ Bar Dem
Springtones @ The Ivy
Stiletto Flats @ Linsmore Tavern
Toronto Duke Ellington Society Concert @ The Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC

🎉 Entertainment
All of Our Parents Are Immigrants: Comedy Show @ The Assembly Theatre
Colored Only Comedy Show @ BSMT 254
Deja Vu Revue - Back in Time by Triangle d'Or Cabaret @ Toronto
Millegales Comedia en Espanol @ Teddy Beer
Surviving The Season: Stand Up Comedy Show @ Imperial Pub
The Last Podcast on the Left @ The Elgin Theatre
Toronto Comedy All Stars feat. Keith Carey & Anna Valenzuela @ Dopamine Lounge

🏒 Sports
Etobicoke Lawn Bowling Club OPEN HOUSE @ Etobicoke Lawn Bowling Club
GAME DAY: PWHL & TFC Tailgate Party At Liberty Village @ Left Field Brewery Liberty Village
InsideOut's Spring Open House & Fitness Games! @ Insideout Studio
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians @ Rogers Centre
MLS: Toronto FC vs. New England Revolution @ BMO Field

🎭 Art and Culture
"COLOUR CHOICES" @ Elaine Fleck Gallery
A Textured Art Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Artist Talks with Barbara Cole & Ted Fullerton at Bau-Xi Gallery: Canadian Art Hop Exclusive @ Bau-Xi Gallery
Coil Basket Weaving Workshop @ The Wright Spot
I Choose You" Pokemon Pack Opening and Card Painting Workshop" @ Downtown Studio by Union Station & Harbourfront
Introduction to African Textile Collage @ It's OK* Studios
Labyrinth with Aria Mohafez @ Aga Khan Museum
Leverage Lens Film & Art Festival @ The Creative School's Design Fabrication Zone
mehfil-e-kalakaar @ Array Space
Scribbles & Strolls: Nature Journaling Workshop In High Park @ High Park Nature Centre
The TEACH Project Experience @ Bermont
Vinyl Records Sip & Paint Coffee Party @ Dark Horse Espresso Bar OCAD
Watercolour Workshop - Mother's Day Special @ Underscore Projects
You are invited to our May art show, PASSAGES. @ Heliconian Club

🎡 Family
Anga's Farm: A Tropical Arrangement in a Birdhouse Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery
Apologies & Forgiveness @ The 519
Cherry Blossom Picnic @ High Park @ High Park
Grown-ups Reading Children's Literature Book Club: The Secret Garden @ Osborne Collection - Lillian H. Smith library, 4th floor.
Jane's Walk: Signs of the Times @ Christie Pits (near Banjara)
Legendary Houses of Toronto - Jane's Walk Festival @ Multiple Venues (Free)
Let's Move, Willowdale: Move-a-thon & BBQ @ Hendon Park
Menopause Matters - Wellness Advocacy & You @ Belmont Event Space
Mini Pop Kids Live: 20th Anniversary Celebration Tour @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Segunda Feria Hispana con Organizaciones Sin Fines de Lucro @ ACCES Employment

📅 Other Events
Milan Wedding Show @ Audley Recreation Centre, Ajax

Sunday 05/04

🍽️ Food and Drinks
Cooking Class: Full-Day Croissants & Viennoiserie @ Centre for Social Innovation Spadina
Dubai Chocolate Class @ Le Dolci Culinary Classroom
Spring Market by Sweetpea and Rose @ Old Mill Toronto

🎵 Music
a Sunday Service with Manzone and Strong and Adam Davis @ Wiggle Room
Back To My Roots Live at The Painted Lady @ The Painted Lady
MUSICFEST 2025: MUSIC FROM GALAXIES NEAR AND FAR @ St. John's York Mills Church
Stephane Tetreault, cello & Olivier Hebert-Bouchard, piano @ Walter Hall, UofT
The Amadeus Choir presents Bernstein and Durufle @ Metropolitan United Church

🎉 Entertainment
Great Canadian Comedy Festival @ Multiple Venues
Laughs Without Borders - Standup Comedy Show @ Hotel Victoria
May the Fourth at the Fox! @ Fox Theatre
The 2025 Soundwave Summit @ The Orange Lounge Recording Studio

🏒 Sports
MLB: Toronto Blue Jays vs. Cleveland Guardians @ Rogers Centre

🎭 Art and Culture
Art Therapy Wellness Workshop @ Artbox Studio Gallery
Artist Talk: Barbara Cole on Second Glance @ 1384 Dufferin Street, Toronto, M6H 4C8
Marks in Time: Exploring the Art of Rust Dyeing @ Koffler Arts
Mayworks Festival: "West Indies, Fugitive Slaves of Liberty" Film Screening & Panel @ Innis Town Hall Theatre
Ontario Rock Garden & Hardy Plant Society Super Plant Sale @ Toronto Botanical Gardens
Paint N Bloom!Paint & Bloom: Mother\u2019s Day Edition @ Stackt Market
Queer Pop-up Market @ Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
Self Love Paint Meditation @ Chocolate Lab

🎡 Family
30th Annual Katari Japanese Storytelling Festival @ The Japan Foundation
Can You Hear Me? @ Meridian Arts Centre
International Dawn Chorus Day in High Park @ High Park Nature Centre (Free)
KANDL x Jordana's Rainbows Mother's Day Sale @ Kandl Artistique Yorkville
Tropical Blooms: Spring Arrangement in a Wooden Planter Workshop @ Anga's Farm & Nursery

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